Overview
We're a venture-scaler powered by CommBank. That means we build, buy, and invest in startups that could benefit the bank's 15 million customers and beyond.
Because of what we do, we're really neither corporate, nor startup – instead we're happily navigating the space between both worlds. We're close enough to benefit from the bank's strategy, scale, and stability, but separate enough that we have the autonomy to try new things.
We never lose sight of the impact we can have on people's lives, and the role that each of us plays in shaping the bank of the future. We don't take ourselves too seriously and make time to connect to celebrate and grow our people.
At x15, we're guided by three values: Care, courage, and commitment. We're aware, attuned, and always act to help our people and our customers. We lead with grit and grace and do what's right – even if it's hard.
What it's like to work here
We're a community of galvanisers, thinkers, and doers. We have a big, bold vision, which so far no-one has nailed (including us). That excites, rather than deters, us.
Where do you fit?
As a Staff Security Engineer, you will be a technical authority across cyber, fraud, and scams security. You'll partner with venture teams, guide security strategy, and lead by doing from threat hunting to building automation into SOC playbooks, to embedding security frameworks across the ventures.
You'll play a pivotal role in shaping how we detect, respond and assure security across multiple ventures while helping us scale our security function in a lean, startup-friendly way.
In this role you will
* Develop and uplift fraud and scams prevention controls across ventures.
* Build lightweight, effective security assurance programs aligned to NIST CSF and ACSC Essential 8.
* Lead purple team exercises and hunt threats using Microsoft Sentinel and the Defender Suite.
* Design and implement automated playbooks, reduce repetitive SOC tasks, and improve detection efficiency.
* Partner with engineers and executives to embed secure design and provide pragmatic security consultation.
* Coach security engineers, share threat-hunting techniques, and uplift team capability.
* Apply site reliability engineering practices to build resilient, observable, and scalable security systems.
* Uplift maturity across ventures, lead security assessments and contribute to cross-venture threat models.
We are interested to hear from people who have
* Proven experience in cyber security, fraud, and scams prevention.
* Hands‑on expertise in Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR suite, with real‑world threat-hunting experience.
* Strong SOC background: incident response, detection engineering, and threat hunting.
* Track record of mentoring engineers and building team-wide technical capability.
* Passion for automation‑first security operations (SOAR, scripted playbooks, automated remediation).
* Knowledge of NIST frameworks, Essential 8 maturity and threat assessments.
* Strong purple‑teaming mindset – you can think like an attacker, defend like a blue‑teamer, and design like an architect.
* Excellent communication skills: able to consult with product teams, risk leaders, and executives in plain language.
Desired skills
* Familiarity with site reliability engineering principles applied to security.
* Experience running or contributing to security assurance programs (e.g., audits, control testing, RCSA).
* Background in fraud detection platforms or scam‑prevention tooling.
* Exposure to cloud-native zero‑trust environments (Azure, AWS, SaaS‑heavy).
* Experience working in startup or scale‑up environments balancing pragmatism with control maturity.
* Industry contribution (publications, conference talks, regulator/industry working groups).
Why Join Us?
* Enjoy a flexible and dynamic startup environment.
* We nurture a safe space for our people to show up as they are.
* Competitive salary and bonus structure.
* Opportunities for professional growth and development.
* Access to the best in class benefits that CommBank offers.
* We are committed to creating a workplace that supports long‑lasting and meaningful careers for everyone.
About x15
We're a venture scaler powered by CommBank. We build, buy and invest in startups that will benefit the bank's 15 million customers and beyond. We're navigating the space between corporate and startup worlds and harnessing the collision of careers, ideas and expertise to help build and scale the next generation of digital businesses.
Security Engineer
• Melbourne, Australia
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